Monotony
Ania Vouloudi
Animals line up, TVs coordinate, one leg gets injured and firecrackers blow up in the sky.
Having accepted the stereotype of life, I instinctively followed the recording of the contrary happenings which confirm the rule of monotony; my only goal is to tease it and negotiate a new treaty. Monotony is a repeated point of exception, it is images in which the melancholy of existence inheres, but simultaneously they celebrate it, thus, rendering the rupture of reality a little more probable.
Ania Vouloudi (b. 1987) is a photographer, video artist and poet with a background in civil engineering. She currently lives and works in Thessaloniki, Greece. Chronicling her life in analogue images, Vouloudi’s artistic work presents docufiction stories that address the apparent banality of daily routine. Her approach is both low-fi and unpretentious. Rooted in photography, the installations she creates also feature audio, writing and objects. Zine-making is another important feature of Vouloudi’s practice; she has collaborated with Void since its inception, co-publishing two zines in 2016 and 2017.